July 25, 2011
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Monday Picture
Ok, so this week's picture isn't technically from yesterday (even though I did take some last night), it's from this morning. I couldn't help but pick this picture, though. She's so dang cute in it!
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Monday Picture(s)
I didn't post a picture last week, but I did take one. I just never really think about getting onto my blog to do that kind of thing. But I did think about it this morning, so voila!
July 11, 2011
Tucker was at a conference the first half of this week so Mommy decided she would sleep in the bed (I've slept on the couch in the front room with Nettie since she was born), and so when I fed Nettie and got up, she stayed asleep and it was super cute.
July 18, 2011
First trip to Walmart = Success! Also, first ride in our jogging stroller. She did pretty good. I think she's a bit on the small side for it still (it's not recommended for use until they're 6 months old... yeeeeaah.), but it was fun to push her around and have everybody smile at her. And not gonna lie, like 6 people either talked to me and Tucker or made a comment in passing to me about her as we were walking through the store. Even the general public thinks Nettie is adorable! Who can blame them though?
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Happy 1 month birthday!
Nettie's a month old today. Crazy. That went way too fast. Or maybe it just seems that way because my days and nights sort of blended together for awhile.
Anyways, went to the doctor this afternoon (and left right before it started to downpour, thank goodness) and she's doing really well. Gained a full pound since her last appointment (which was 2 weeks ago) and now weighs in at 9lbs 12oz. Little chunker. Although... she still doesn't look all that chubby. Getting there, just not there yet. She's also now 21inches long (a gain of 3/4"). Percentile-wise she's right about 50% with everything. Average baby, yay!
She hasn't quite started smiling yet. I think she's really close though. Every now and then she'll get this cute look on her face that's like right on the verge of a smile. I'm sure when she does smile it'll be adorable though.
Also, Katie let me borrow her Moby wrap this past weekend cause I couldn't figure out my sling. Holy crap, love this thing! Used it for the first time a couple days ago and as soon as I had it tied on Nettie was zonked out. Even as we speak, she's strapped to my chest (sleeping). Awesome! I have hands to do things with again.... well.... at least when I'm holding her, that is.
Anyways, went to the doctor this afternoon (and left right before it started to downpour, thank goodness) and she's doing really well. Gained a full pound since her last appointment (which was 2 weeks ago) and now weighs in at 9lbs 12oz. Little chunker. Although... she still doesn't look all that chubby. Getting there, just not there yet. She's also now 21inches long (a gain of 3/4"). Percentile-wise she's right about 50% with everything. Average baby, yay!
She hasn't quite started smiling yet. I think she's really close though. Every now and then she'll get this cute look on her face that's like right on the verge of a smile. I'm sure when she does smile it'll be adorable though.
Also, Katie let me borrow her Moby wrap this past weekend cause I couldn't figure out my sling. Holy crap, love this thing! Used it for the first time a couple days ago and as soon as I had it tied on Nettie was zonked out. Even as we speak, she's strapped to my chest (sleeping). Awesome! I have hands to do things with again.... well.... at least when I'm holding her, that is.
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Nettie's Blessing
In church this past Sunday we did Nettie's baby blessing. It was a super special experience (made better by the fact that she decided to sleep through sacrament meeting) and all the guys in Tucker's family excluding Sam were in the circle, and my parents made the trip back out here so that my dad would be able to participate as well. Katie (my sister-in-law extraordinaire) was much more clever than me and wrote down the blessing as Tucker was giving it. I would never have thought to do that, but I'm really glad that she did because this will be something sweet to show Nettie later on in life.
I didn't think to get a group picture of everyone while we were at the church building (mostly because I think everyone was hungry and wanted to get out of there to eat lunch), but we did get some group shots later at Shad and Katie's house, so hopefully Barbi will upload those soon so that I can post them. I did take some pictures of Nettie in her dress though. She's swimming in it, but it's really cool cause it was the dress that I was blessed in. Yeah, that's right; retro.... or vintage. One or the other.
I didn't think to get a group picture of everyone while we were at the church building (mostly because I think everyone was hungry and wanted to get out of there to eat lunch), but we did get some group shots later at Shad and Katie's house, so hopefully Barbi will upload those soon so that I can post them. I did take some pictures of Nettie in her dress though. She's swimming in it, but it's really cool cause it was the dress that I was blessed in. Yeah, that's right; retro.... or vintage. One or the other.
Monday, July 4, 2011
Miracles
I'm not quite sure where to start this post. The subject matter for it is fairly emotional not only for me, but for the whole Smith clan. I guess I'll start by saying that this weekend we blessed Nettie. All but one of her Smith (and Williams) uncles were here, and both of her Grandpa's were here as well. It was a truly sweet experience, highlighted by the fact that her Uncle Scott was still here to participate in the event.
Thursday evening, Tucker and I were getting ready to head up to Shad and Katie's house to play some D&D. Right after 6pm (I think), Tucker got a call from his mom. I didn't really think about it, or pay much attention to what he was saying on the phone because she calls fairly regularly, and I assumed she was just asking about something for the upcoming weekend when the whole family would be here in Raleigh. When Tucker got off the phone, he said that Scott had been in an accident (a motorcycle accident) and they couldn't get ahold of Stephanie to let her know. The hospital chaplain had called Lois instead, hoping that she would be able to reach Stephanie. All they had told her was that they thought that Scott was ok. Not the most reassuring statement, as ok could mean a lot of things.
The next few minutes, Tucker tried to get ahold of Stephanie, calling her cell and her work, but couldn't get through. But shortly after all this trying, he got a call from her instead, asking him to come to the hospital with her. So of course he said yes. I called Katie to let her know that if we made it to the game that night, it would be late (seeing as we didn't know how Scott was doing). Tucker left with Stephanie and promised that he would call soon to let me know what was going on.
About an hour later, Tucker called and told me that Scott was relatively ok. We found out that his accident had happened while Scott was driving home from a job interview on the 440... that's right, he crashed his motorcycle while driving on the freeway. So immediately, I thought that he must have been hurt pretty bad, but his list of injuries was a concussion, a broken collarbone, and some road rash on his hands and knees. Extremely good considering the circumstances. Tucker stayed at the hospital with Steph until about midnight.
The next day Tucker went to school a little late, explaining to one of his labmates that he had been at the hospital late with his brother. When he got to school, he explained his injuries to them and then told them where the accident had happened. More than one of them had driven by (and got caught behind the traffic) of Scott's accident, and they even expressed to Tucker that they were amazed that Scott was even alive from how bad it had looked.
From what we can piece together, Scott somehow lost control of the bike (whether he was hit, or blew a tire, or just lost control isn't really known) and was thrown into the median (just a concrete barrier separating the two sides of the freeway). His bike hit the median as well, but bounced back out into traffic, where it hit one car, and was then caught under another car. The bike (supposedly) exploded, and the car that it was trapped under, burned and melted with it.
While this accident was certainly bad and will leave Scott a gimp for a little while, he was extremely lucky. If Scott had bounced back out into traffic like the bike, he would have been killed. And really, it's amazing that he wasn't killed or more seriously injured just by being thrown from a bike going 70 mph. Even more amazing is that Scott was discharged from the hospital the evening after the accident.
Lois joked today that she was happy Scott decided to time his accident with this weekend since they were going to be up here anyways for the blessing. I think that we all realize just how close we came to loosing Scott, and even though this was a happy weekend, there was a definite feel of gratitude underlying everything. The family simply would not have been the same without Scott, and I know that Nettie was glad that he was able to be in the circle to help bless her on Sunday.
All in all, a very memorable Fourth of July weekend for the Smiths.
Thursday evening, Tucker and I were getting ready to head up to Shad and Katie's house to play some D&D. Right after 6pm (I think), Tucker got a call from his mom. I didn't really think about it, or pay much attention to what he was saying on the phone because she calls fairly regularly, and I assumed she was just asking about something for the upcoming weekend when the whole family would be here in Raleigh. When Tucker got off the phone, he said that Scott had been in an accident (a motorcycle accident) and they couldn't get ahold of Stephanie to let her know. The hospital chaplain had called Lois instead, hoping that she would be able to reach Stephanie. All they had told her was that they thought that Scott was ok. Not the most reassuring statement, as ok could mean a lot of things.
The next few minutes, Tucker tried to get ahold of Stephanie, calling her cell and her work, but couldn't get through. But shortly after all this trying, he got a call from her instead, asking him to come to the hospital with her. So of course he said yes. I called Katie to let her know that if we made it to the game that night, it would be late (seeing as we didn't know how Scott was doing). Tucker left with Stephanie and promised that he would call soon to let me know what was going on.
About an hour later, Tucker called and told me that Scott was relatively ok. We found out that his accident had happened while Scott was driving home from a job interview on the 440... that's right, he crashed his motorcycle while driving on the freeway. So immediately, I thought that he must have been hurt pretty bad, but his list of injuries was a concussion, a broken collarbone, and some road rash on his hands and knees. Extremely good considering the circumstances. Tucker stayed at the hospital with Steph until about midnight.
The next day Tucker went to school a little late, explaining to one of his labmates that he had been at the hospital late with his brother. When he got to school, he explained his injuries to them and then told them where the accident had happened. More than one of them had driven by (and got caught behind the traffic) of Scott's accident, and they even expressed to Tucker that they were amazed that Scott was even alive from how bad it had looked.
From what we can piece together, Scott somehow lost control of the bike (whether he was hit, or blew a tire, or just lost control isn't really known) and was thrown into the median (just a concrete barrier separating the two sides of the freeway). His bike hit the median as well, but bounced back out into traffic, where it hit one car, and was then caught under another car. The bike (supposedly) exploded, and the car that it was trapped under, burned and melted with it.
While this accident was certainly bad and will leave Scott a gimp for a little while, he was extremely lucky. If Scott had bounced back out into traffic like the bike, he would have been killed. And really, it's amazing that he wasn't killed or more seriously injured just by being thrown from a bike going 70 mph. Even more amazing is that Scott was discharged from the hospital the evening after the accident.
Lois joked today that she was happy Scott decided to time his accident with this weekend since they were going to be up here anyways for the blessing. I think that we all realize just how close we came to loosing Scott, and even though this was a happy weekend, there was a definite feel of gratitude underlying everything. The family simply would not have been the same without Scott, and I know that Nettie was glad that he was able to be in the circle to help bless her on Sunday.
All in all, a very memorable Fourth of July weekend for the Smiths.
Monday Picture
So I realize that I missed doing last week's picture, but Nettie has been sleeping weirdly for about a week now, and so I nap a lot during the day. Anything that doesn't involve taking care of Nettie or sleeping sort of goes right out the door and I forget. She's started to sleep a little bit better again, so hopefully this lasts.
Today has been four weeks since Nettie was born. Crazy! And she's still alive! Wahoo!
I would have taken her picture today in her cute little red outfit for the Fourth, but she spit up all over it. So here's a slightly less glamorous picture (or two).
This last picture is the one that was taken today before my parents flew home. They were out here this weekend while we did Nettie's blessing. I'm really grateful that they were able to be here for such a special day.
Today has been four weeks since Nettie was born. Crazy! And she's still alive! Wahoo!
I would have taken her picture today in her cute little red outfit for the Fourth, but she spit up all over it. So here's a slightly less glamorous picture (or two).
This last picture is the one that was taken today before my parents flew home. They were out here this weekend while we did Nettie's blessing. I'm really grateful that they were able to be here for such a special day.
Friday, July 1, 2011
Update
So I promise I'm still alive (and so is Nettie), I just haven't been able to think of anything interesting to blog about lately. Also, the time that I have when I'm not feeding/holding/taking care of Nettie is spent either sleeping or just doing something mindless and lazy (I've watched a ton of Psych in the past couple weeks).
Nettie's blessing is this Sunday and hopefully it will all be ok. My parents are coming in for the weekend, and Tucker's family will all be here as well (except for Sam). There was a fairly significant piece of drama that happened last night that I'm sure will alter the "plans" that we had for this weekend with the family, but that's ok. We're just glad that everyone is ok. (I'll probably post more on this later, but I'm not sure how private the people involved want it to be).
For now though, enjoy this cute video of Nettie... although, all videos of her are cute.
Nettie's blessing is this Sunday and hopefully it will all be ok. My parents are coming in for the weekend, and Tucker's family will all be here as well (except for Sam). There was a fairly significant piece of drama that happened last night that I'm sure will alter the "plans" that we had for this weekend with the family, but that's ok. We're just glad that everyone is ok. (I'll probably post more on this later, but I'm not sure how private the people involved want it to be).
For now though, enjoy this cute video of Nettie... although, all videos of her are cute.
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